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A Garden Update And Some New Additions

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When I first started my garden I planted bush beans, tomatoes, sweet peppers, and watermelon.  So far the only things that are growing are the bush beans and watermelons.  After waiting a couple of weeks to see if the rest of the plants would come up (which they did not) I decided to rework the soil and plant a fall/winter garden.  Here are my choices.

I ordered these seeds from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.  I decided to go with heirloom seeds because I feel as though I’m preserving a piece of history.  And there’s something about planting the same seed that was planted sometimes hundreds of years ago, that makes me happy.  I think everything will grow, but I’m not sure about the parsnips.  I know they take a while to mature but I’m going to try them anyways.  If we have a winter like we did last year, I don’t think I’ll have a problem.

It’s about halfway through summer and I think my garden is doing pretty well.  Sure my tomatoes and peppers didn’t grow but my beans and watermelon sure did.  And despite the fact that some plants didn’t grow, I’ve still enjoyed being outside every day and looking after the ones that did.  I usually go down to the garden at least once a day, most of the time twice.  I water in the morning and then in the evening, my husband and I usually venture outside after supper.  He plays with the pups and I pull weeds.  This is much more enjoyable now that it isn’t 100+ degrees everyday and I think I’ll enjoy it even more when I have some produce to collect!

Here is what my garden looks like with the new additions.

I planted 1 row of parsnips.

In this picture there is spinach on the left and lettuce in the top right.  The lettuce has to share its spot with chives that I planted about a week ago.

Here we have broccoli on the left and carrots on the right.  Hopefully all my new plantings will grow!

The beans.  About how long does it take to get flowers on bush beans?  I keep waiting and waiting but no flowers yet.

This is the bigger of the 2 watermelons.  

Theres the little guy.  I’m not sure what I do to the big plant that I don’t do to this one, but I ended up with 2 different sized watermelon plants even though they were planted at the same time.  I guess it will just take some time to even them out.

Have you started your fall/winter garden?  If you have, what did you plant?

RT

Garden Update

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My garden is growing!  Well parts of it anyways.  The beans came up great and the watermelons are really starting to take off, but my tomatoes and peppers aren’t.  At all.  I mean there isn’t the slightest hint that they are even thinking about growing.  They are just empty spots in the garden.  I’m not sure what to do about this.  Do I keep doing what I’ve been doing and hope they pop through, or do I dig up the seed and plant something else?  I’d love to hear your suggestions!

Also, I’ve been noticing that the leaves of the plants are being eaten by something.  It doesn’t seem to be affecting the overall health of the plant so I don’t know what to do.  I’m trying to keep my garden pesticide free so any suggestions about how to get rid of the little buggers naturally would be great.

RT

Seeing Green

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No, this post isn’t about money or envy, it’s about finally seeing some green in my garden!  I planted beans, tomatoes, watermelons, and peppers.  So far my beans and watermelons have popped through!

1 watermelon

2 watermelon

1 bean.  I planted a row of beans that all have come through, but this one looks the best so it gets its 15 minutes of fame.

I only planted 2 watermelon seeds because even though the seed packet said it was ideal for small gardens, I’m not sure how small their small is and I wanted to be safe.  Hopefully the tomatoes and peppers will come through soon too!

Have a great weekend!

RT

Garden Update And A Cute Monster

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I haven’t been able to blog in quite some time so I’m going to show you some pictures of what my plants are doing now.

2 chives and 1 lavender popped up.  I also planted bush beans and little sweetie tomato.

My mini garden was doing great until this happened

Those were the only 3 that had any sort of green in them.  Please ignore the fact that our bedroom was messy.  Seeing this was so disheartening.  I had worked hard to get these started and to have them destroyed by my dog, it was almost unbearable.  Now, I know there are much worse things that could have happened, but it broke my heart.  It took me about a day to decide if I wanted to continue growing anything at all.  I ultimately decided to continue and replant what Dakota had ruined.

This is Dakota

She’s cute yes?  This is the monster that spilled my cups and then decided she thought she could dig to China through my floor.  Did she get to China?  No.  Did she get dirt down to the carpet pad?  Yes.  Be afraid, be very afraid :)

Well, I picked myself up by the bootstraps and decided to make a project I saw on Clover and Thyme (Thanks for the great idea Becky!).  I ended up with this

If you look closely, you can see a little green sprout on the left side

That would be my chamomile!  It’s the only thing green so far after the other 3 were ruined, so I’m going to take extra good care of it :)  I’m hoping to get more seedlings someday soon.  When I do, I’ll be sure to let you know!

RT